tanker yanker
n.— «The next day, company tanker truck drivers or “tanker yankers” line up their vehicles, preparing for a five-hour run to supply fuel to Camp Webster, near the town of Al-Asad.» —“Risk & Reward” by David Ivanovich in Balad, Iraq Houston Chronicle (Texas) Apr. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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